I know about wikis from a workshop I attended that was done by someone from the college community. She said college students go to wikis for their info and at the time I thought bad idea. I still do. While it is a good starting point to take anything that is on there as authoritative, factual, correct would be wrong. There are too many stupid people that think they know what they are talking about, too many pranksters with too much time on their hands, and too many people out there with agendas. But I really liked the community wiki - what a great way to recommend places, events, and services to others. And a great place to exchange ideas - I could see parents, especially first-time ones using something like that alot. And for people who have moved into the area - great. So the library should pursue setting one up especially now when we will be out of the internet business.
I did think that the Bull Run Library wiki was bizarre since it wasn't associated or sponsored by the library.
I don't get the wiki for the staff library intranet. I think what we have is good but a library staff wiki to talk about things that are not work related like whose a good dentist to use but if the library has a community one set up that wouldn't be needed.
The wiki for library success stories which could include the whole country would be fantastic however there were no stories listed under selecting material so if it isn't sold as a tool to use than it is useless. Maybe PLA could start one for MD.
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